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SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTAD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1945 – May 19, 1968
Service recordSigard Richard Grimstad, of Teaneck, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 10
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Teaneck, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 10
- ALLAN MARCUS FREDRICKSENSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- ALBERT ALOYSIUS GILLESPIEPrivate · May 19, 1968
- OVERTIS HINTON JRCorporal · May 19, 1968
- ARTIE INGRAMCorporal · May 19, 1968
From Teaneck
- JAMES R TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- STEVEN GEORGE RAMSEYFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
- STANLEY MAJURE REEDSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.